Table 4. Effect of 0.25 μM PTS on early mouse embryonic development induced by H2O2 (10 μM).
Treated groups | No. of zygotes cultured † |
Percentages of embryos developed to [mean (SEM), %] |
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2-cell | 4-cell | Blastocyst | ||
Control | 125 | 96.0 ± 0.57 a | 80.3 ± 1.33 a | 46.0 ± 1.00 a |
H2O2 -treated | 126 | 88.3 ± 2.30 a | 64.0 ± 2.20 b | 22.0 ± 2.10 b |
H2O2 and PTS-treated | 128 | 96.3 ± 0.57 a | 79.6 ± 0.33 a | 44.0 ± 0.57 a |
ab Values within a column with different superscripts significantly differ (P < 0.05). † Experiment was replicated more than 5 times.